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How To Do A BJJ Granby Roll From Turtle

The turtle position is a common one in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. On your knees with your head and arms bunched together protecting all of your vulnerable areas, turtle is a natural, instinctive defensive position. 

But while the BJJ turtle can be a strong defensive position, it can also be a frustrating one. With your back exposed and no means of attack, it is easy to get stuck in turtle and end up with your back taken. 

To prevent the BJJ turtle position from being just a stopover to delay your opponent taking your back (or spinning around and attacking you with the turtle arm bar, guillotine choke, d’arce choke, or anaconda choke), being able to perform an effective turtle escape with the granby roll is essential. 

Start: Turtle on bottom

Step 1: Shoot inside hand between your legs and drop inside shoulder to the mat 

Step 2: Tuck head underneath your body and spin onto your inside shoulder, kicking and rotating your legs away from opponent and over your body

Finish: Scramble with opponent potentially in turtle position, potentially in your guard

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How To Do an Elbow Escape From Mount in BJJ

Being mounted in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu stinks. You’re stuck on the floor with someone who might be bigger, stronger, better at BJJ, or just lucky sitting on your stomach making every breath you take feel like it’s underwater. And then they start attacking you with submissions! The mount in BJJ is bad, but in MMA or a street fight, it is a very bad place to be.

That’s why having a good, reliable escape from mount is a basic self defense staple and essential to progress in Jiu Jitsu. The elbow escape is a standard escape from mount that anyone practicing BJJ should know and one that you can see used in the highest levels of grappling because it is effective at all levels of grappling. This technique is part of the requirements for how to get a blue belt in BJJ through the Gracie system.

Start: Mounted

Step 1: Frame one forearm against opponent’s hip and one against their thigh with one palm on opponent’s hip and the other on the back of that hand with arms at a 90 degree angle

Step 2: Turn 45 degrees to the side of your frame, maintaining the frame

Step 3: Keeping your leg flat to the mat, slide frame-side leg under his leg towards the outside, pushing on his thigh to help create space if necessary

End: Half-guard

This video also includes good method for removing your opponent’s hooks when they are mounted on you and a good transition from half-guard to full guard, which is one of the most powerful positions in BJJ.